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VF+: Statement by Pieter Groenewald, Freedom Front Plus Spokesperson, proclaims that the Department of Public Enterprises enriches black elite (14/05/2013)

STATEMENT

"The department of public enterprises is now being transformed into an enterprise for black enrichment. The minister brags about black economic empowerment (BEE) of public enterprises and it is now...

Daily podcast – April 18, 2013.

PODCAST

President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of the South African National Defence Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan until April next year.

Transnet begins public consultations on proposed dig-out port

INFRASTRUCTURE

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet reports that it has concluded the first in what will be a series of stakeholder-engagement sessions on the proposed Durban Dig-Out Port (DDOP) project....

Rebranded Transnet Engineering targets big third-party sales growth

ENGINEERING SERVICES

The newly rebranded engineering services unit within State-owned freight logistics group Transnet is aiming to increase its third-party sales to railways customers to R6-billion a year by 2018/19...

Transnet, China Development Bank collaborate on infrastructure programme

TRADE RELATIONS

State-owned freight group Transnet and China Development Bank on Tuesday agreed to “cooperate, explore and identify” collaboration opportunities on Transnet’s R300-billion infrastructure...

Business Council to be launched at Brics Summit

BRICS

Members of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) group of countries will launch the Brics Business Council at the fifth Brics Summit, in Durban, from March 26 to 27. Each Brics...

SA: Malusi Gigaba: Address by the Minister of Public Enterprises, on the occasion of the official handover of the Durban International Airport site for the development of a new dig-out Port, Durban (05/03/2013)

SPEECH

It is my great honour and privilege to stand here this morning to partake of this historic milestone when Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned freight, transport and logistics company, takes...

SA: Zweli Mkhize: Address by the KwaZulu-Natal Premier, during the State of the Province Address, Royal Showgrounds, Pietermaritzburg (28/02/2013)

SPEECH

The warmth of the embrace we feel each time His Majesty the King sits among us on the occasion of the State of the Province Address is an inspiration that drives us as he guides and commands us in...

From R827bn infrastructure plan to corruption crackdown, flesh added to NDP vision

BUDGET 2013

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan used his 2013 Budget address to lawmakers as a platform to add financial meat to the bare bones of the much-vaunted National Development Plan 2030 (NDP), which aims...

Transnet teams up with CSIR to raise yearly R&D spend to R150m

INNOVATION

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has established a new research and development (R&D) unit that will be housed at the Innovation Hub, in Pretoria, and which has entered a three-year...

Signs of Life?

REAL ECONOMY: INFRASTRUCTURE

Two significant announcements made last week have the optimists among us wondering whether there are signs that South Africa’s infrastructure promises are, finally, becoming tangible. Firstly,...

Gauteng's future mobility hinges on better coordination, integration

TRANSPORT PLAN

South Africa’s most populous province will require better planning coordination, as well as greater integration across transport modes if it is to avoid future “gridlock”, Gauteng Roads and...

Private promise?

REAL ECONOMY: INFRASTRUCTURE

Not for the first time, Transnet chairperson Mafika Mkwanazi has stressed a desire for greater private sector participation in the group’s R300-billion market demand strategy, and beyond. He...

Transnet awards loco tender to Chinese-led group

RAIL

State-owned logistics group Transnet has awarded the tender for the supply of 95 electric locomotives to a consortium comprising Chinese manufacturer China South Rail (CSR) Zhuzhou Electric...

Moody's downgrade: A close look

INSIGHT AFRICA

Several of our international Insight recipients have asked us to explain the reasons for and the effects of the recent (27 September) downgrading of the South African government’s bond rating...

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